If you liked "Milkdrops" released on myhand.thanx last year, you won't be deceived by "On Time" by Zoomonk, a rather surprising Finnish duet (which recently became a solo project by Petri Parkkali). 6 new tracks composed in collaboration with Zelig Concrete. For the record, Zelig Concrete is the singer / guitar player of Finland alternative band Mother Goose, who's been playing since 1989(many albums have been released, for instance on Blast First, and the most recent is called "Anna Lumena" released on Verdura Records). This is such a promising collaboration! And right from the first track "Bunny & Turtle" we are taken to an untypical world, where Syd Barret and Nick Cave got lost in the middle of a field of amps spitting feedback and harmonics, in the middle of a rough and wild electronic ocean... An endless trip, chaotic and poetic, enraged and and uncompromised. "Rights of Youth" and "English Finglish" are two essential jewels, "hiding under water" has the shape of a spiral in which we dive immediately, "Mudslide on Bombay" is an addictive pop tune, and "On Time" is an almost mystical break in this coherent and perfectly written album. A must listen!

More than a year after "Memories of a Dog" ThOmas.W is back with a double-face EP : 5 new tracks to listen to separately, or as a long 27-minute collage. These two versions are included in the file as a free download, and will also be on the forthcoming CD-r version. Thus, the listener can modulate / modify / personalize his listening of "Dancing Troubles Away"! The idea came naturally, incidentally according to ThOmas.W : "The 5 tracks were composed in a different order as the one on the EP, and when I wrote the texts, the idea of a chronology came to me. A story made of 5 parts, like the progress of a life, the evolution of a love feeling, the stages of a revolution, all this linked to the notion of dancing as an outlet, as a way of intensifying sensations and passions. Then the order came, and the improvised transitions came naturally."
The "collage" version is actually a loop (emblematic of ThOmas.W's music), but it's certainly not a perfect circle, rather a sinuous and chaotic path from which you never escape. The intro sets the pace, with the voice of Adrienne Rich, questioning : "What kind of beast would turn its life into words?" and thus the "performer" becomes an animal driven by its instinct, a beastly poet whose sounds / words tell everyone's story.